"On the question of racial discrimination, the Addis Ababa conference taught, to those who will learn this further lesson, that until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; until there are no longer first class and second class citizens of any nature; that until the colour of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes; that until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race. That until that day the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued but never attained. And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola in Mozambique and South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed; until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and good will; until Africans stand up and speak as free human beings equal in the eyes of all men as they are in the eyes of heaven, until that day the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight if necessary. And we know that we shall will as we are confident in the victory of good over evil."
HIM Haile Selassie I
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
"Women are like teabags... "
"Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!"
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength."
-- Author Unknown
Several conversations over the last few days had me remembering something I heard while having some high spirited communion with my family recently. Actually, I've heard it often amongst this set of souls set adrift after being sold into bondage, who have found back one another in this time, to share bread and fellowship. One man, not much older than me yet still esteemed as an Elder, had been ministering some upright reasoning while the rest of the group was sitting down to lunch. "All Nations should and shall be judged by the way in which its treats its' women and children." Simple and plain, truth without pretense.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength."
-- Author Unknown
Several conversations over the last few days had me remembering something I heard while having some high spirited communion with my family recently. Actually, I've heard it often amongst this set of souls set adrift after being sold into bondage, who have found back one another in this time, to share bread and fellowship. One man, not much older than me yet still esteemed as an Elder, had been ministering some upright reasoning while the rest of the group was sitting down to lunch. "All Nations should and shall be judged by the way in which its treats its' women and children." Simple and plain, truth without pretense.
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